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WILLIAM E. WRIGHT', Von ASHLAND, NEBRASKA.

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SPECIFlCATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. y381.198, dated April 17, 18.88.,.y

i Application filed February d, 1888. Serial No. 263,068. (Nor model.) n

.To all whom it may concern.- .I Be it known that I, WILLIAM E., WRIGHT, a citizen of the` United States, residing at Ashland, in the county yof'Saunders and State of 5 Nebraska, have-invented lcertainfnew and useful Improvements in Ribbon-Holders,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Y 4The object of my invention is to provide imro proved means for holdinga bolt of coiled ribbon, braid, or similar fabrics, and at the same time permitting the bolt to be nnrolled as may be desired; and. with this object in view my invention consists in the novel construction of 15 parts and their combination, as will be here-V inafter described, and especially as the sameV is pointed out in the claim.

I have fully illustrated my invention in the! 3o Each end of the bar A is provided with a slot, y Y

l a, cut in such shape aste leave the upwardlyprojecting sharp points a. ,f l i f B designates a strip of elastic.1 The elastic B is passedjthrough the center of the coiled' ribbon, and the ends of the elastic are hooked 3 5 to the points a a', by this means attaching the bar A and elastic B together. Y 1 Y v 7' A My invention as described,when used, keeps v the fabric wellinlstock and affords means 'for the convenient handling ofthe same, andnis 4o 'an improvement over the present known devices in that it is cheaper and simpler` in con-v struction, and can be attached tothebolt after c the ribbon has been coiled.l f o n j f v Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim 45 as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenty Theribbon-holder herein described, consisting of the rigid plate A, having its end'sstruck y down, as shown, and formed with upward pro-z` jecting points a', arranged', in slots a, and van elastic band, B, having itsends lodged on the son (points of the plate in said-slots, allsubstantially'as specified. v Y

In witness whereof I have hereunto aixed Y `my signature in the presence of two witnesses. 5 5 j Y wILE. .,WHIGHT; f

Witnesses: v

T, B. WILSON,- S. J. WRIGHT. 

